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The managers of Aethos Corsica weren’t sure what to expect when debuting their nine-suite boutique hotel this month. Pandemic restrictions in many countries had quelled immediate international travel. But the owners needn’t have wondered.
“We’ve been experiencing a tremendous increase in bookings recently especially for our larger suites,” said Ariane Chapot, the general manager of the refurbished 17th-century
palazzu on the French island.
The good days appear to be coming for many travel brands that woo high-income leisure travelers. In the U.S., for example, Google search interest in the phrase “luxury hotels” is at its highest since before 2006. Signs are surely pointing to luxury travel being one of the quickest slices of the travel sector to rebound from the pandemic.
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Grand Hyatt Roughly 70% of the Grand Hyatt’s room revenue comes from conventioneers, according to Moody’s Investors Service. When the pandemic began siphoning off River Walk tourism early last spring, Oscar Noin thought he was seeing a repeat of the downturn he’d ridden out after 9/11. Noin, the head server at the Esquire Tavern, spent most of his adult life working in San Antonio’s hospitality sector and thought he knew what to brace for. Then, his restaurant closed the day after Mother’s Day, only reopening again for full service in November.